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. >> a lot of criticism of fema back in katrina. today we hear nothing but good about fema. >> i thank craig would lives and breathes this stuff. >>neil: not so fast because all in rescueville is not so great. a lot of the folks they represent would like to kick them in the ass. this is the reality. welcome, everyone, not so happy friday. mr. president, you may want to wait on the "heck of a job" thing because rescue efforts have become heck of a joke for folks in the northeast fuming. because the help isn't coming. in gas. no power. no food. they have had it. >> restaurants and boats and homes are looted. >> the coast guard has not been here to help. >> come here and walk into the streets here. the water is this high. you have to wear the waders. >>neil: that is just on staten island. homes are swamps. motorists are stuck if -- in gas lines, four hours or more if you can find a place to fill in. two-thirds of gas stations even now in new york and new jersey remain shut down. out of juice. out of gas. thousands are fuming, out of po
. >> a lot of criticism of fema back in katrina. today we hear nothing but good about fema. >> i thank craig would lives and breathes this stuff. >>neil: not so fast because all in rescueville is not so great. a lot of the folks they represent would like to kick them in the ass. this is the reality. welcome, everyone, not so happy friday. mr. president, you may want to wait on the "heck of a job" thing because rescue efforts have become heck of a joke for folks in...
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compare those numbers to hurricane katrina in 2005, five states were affected. with 157 billion in restoration, reparation and rebuilding costs. and they're still counting seven years later. back on lbi, it's too difficult for kyle to think that far ahead. >> i'll just rebuild and move on. that's all. >> reporter: and kyle isn't alone. many others vow they'll do the same. the mayor of long beach island estimates the damage here alone could cost $1 billion. brian? >> katy tur on the strip of land the locals call lbi on the jersey shore. katy, thanks. >>> the early estimates are in from yesterday, by the way, so-called cyber monday. the experts predict early on sales will be above last year. the most searched retail items so far this shopping season, kindle fires and ugg boots. and a whole lot of people are anxious to win a pile of money. the powerball jackpot is now up to $500 million. and nbc's john yang has our report from chicago. >> reporter: these aren't just lottery tickets, they're dreams. >> we're winners this time. >> all it takes is $2 to win. >> report
compare those numbers to hurricane katrina in 2005, five states were affected. with 157 billion in restoration, reparation and rebuilding costs. and they're still counting seven years later. back on lbi, it's too difficult for kyle to think that far ahead. >> i'll just rebuild and move on. that's all. >> reporter: and kyle isn't alone. many others vow they'll do the same. the mayor of long beach island estimates the damage here alone could cost $1 billion. brian? >> katy tur...
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it's a mess and owes 18 billion dollars from hurricane katrina. i mean, this is an agency that cannot manage itself. the inspector general wrote a long report last year saying the agency is mismanaged, it doesn't have systems in place that can talk to states. they can't talk to each other, they don't have the right computers in place and let me tell you, they are maning more disasters all the time. president obama has called more disasters than any other president in the last 20 years. fema is not the organization. give it to the local states, they're the people who can make these decisions and spend the money wisely. >> neil: i don't dismiss the role of a federal presence disasters like these, but when bottled water can't arrive to a site and folks supposed to weather the storm close, at antithesis of what you're supposed to adopt and send e-mails to people who don't have powers and texts to phone to people who don't have phone service, you can't make this stuff up. >> that's the problem with bureaucracy and not letting states handle this. if any
it's a mess and owes 18 billion dollars from hurricane katrina. i mean, this is an agency that cannot manage itself. the inspector general wrote a long report last year saying the agency is mismanaged, it doesn't have systems in place that can talk to states. they can't talk to each other, they don't have the right computers in place and let me tell you, they are maning more disasters all the time. president obama has called more disasters than any other president in the last 20 years. fema is...
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i'm only saying, the media pounced on that disconnect with katrina. it's not really pouncing on that disconnect so far with sandy. >> when you watch and see the scenes of what has happened in those areas, it is just devastation one could hardly imagine. people are still not having food not having supplies, not having the guard there, the looting going on. no drinking water. it is unbelievable that in america that is now taking place. i believe that responsibility, a lot of it lies with the federal government. certainly the local people can help, but the local people are devastated too the where do you go? the federal government has a job to do. it's their responsibility to pick up and do the things that local governments can't do. in a situation like that, yeah, we're glad that the president showed up in new jersey let's see a little more action taking place. i believe that again the proof is in the pudding. in the next couple of weeks if they are going to get the job done or not. it shouldn't be this way, not in america. >> neil: it is this way so fa
i'm only saying, the media pounced on that disconnect with katrina. it's not really pouncing on that disconnect so far with sandy. >> when you watch and see the scenes of what has happened in those areas, it is just devastation one could hardly imagine. people are still not having food not having supplies, not having the guard there, the looting going on. no drinking water. it is unbelievable that in america that is now taking place. i believe that responsibility, a lot of it lies with...
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and we see the drama all the way from 9-11 through katrina to whatever the next catastrophe is going to be. we live in a nuclear age. who would have predicted the united states would be fully invested in a response in japan? who would have predicted several years ago when a tsunami hit a country in indonesia which was predominately anti-american in its sentiment, mostly because of disinformation, mostly because as people grew up there they were given propaganda and told stories about the american those and what we do and how we do it, and they learned to feel we were the enemy. then they saw through that catastrophe, they saw the response of the lincoln battle group, they saw american military men and women in uniform as well as partnering with non-governmental organizations like project hope, operation smile, doctors without borders, they saw all those people coming off the ships and taking care of their loved ones, taking care of those who were hopeless and helpless. they saw that and it turned them around. it made the world a better place. it certainly made indonesia a better plac
and we see the drama all the way from 9-11 through katrina to whatever the next catastrophe is going to be. we live in a nuclear age. who would have predicted the united states would be fully invested in a response in japan? who would have predicted several years ago when a tsunami hit a country in indonesia which was predominately anti-american in its sentiment, mostly because of disinformation, mostly because as people grew up there they were given propaganda and told stories about the...
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vanden heuvel journalist and publisher of the nation magazine katrina welcome back great to see you thank you tom thank you thanks for joining us how what would a romney supreme court look like in your opinion tom i think you need only to look at who romney's judicial chief judicial adviser is robert bork a man who in one nine hundred eighty seven was rejected by the u.s. senate for being so out of the mainstream. for his opposition not only to roe v wade his belief that the equal protection clause did not apply to women his opposition to the civil rights act of one thousand nine hundred sixty four his belief that corporations have more rights than people and a whole parcel of issues that then lead the senate to reject him he is mitt romney's chief judicial advisor and i think if you want to understand what mitt romney would do you need to look at the last ten years or so of the right wing do real men of the supreme court beginning with bush v gore which was a masterpiece of judicial activism a supreme court intervening in a democratic process to stop the vote take that out to citiz
vanden heuvel journalist and publisher of the nation magazine katrina welcome back great to see you thank you tom thank you thanks for joining us how what would a romney supreme court look like in your opinion tom i think you need only to look at who romney's judicial chief judicial adviser is robert bork a man who in one nine hundred eighty seven was rejected by the u.s. senate for being so out of the mainstream. for his opposition not only to roe v wade his belief that the equal protection...
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this happened in katrina. there was some uncertainty about what caused a particular structural damage. in katrina you had all lots of houses and structures completely wiped off. the only thing left was a slab of concrete. and so, it was very difficult to determine whether the damage was caused by the wind associated with katrina or whether it was swept away by the storm surge. there was a lot of controversy about whether the damage was caused by wind or water. that's important. if it's caused by water, then the national flood insurance program picks up the tab. if wind, the private insurance market picks up that tab. this storm, i don't anticipate there being that much controversy surrounding this issue, partly because, based on the footage i have seen, there have not been the widespread slab properties at a total loss that katrina had. i think, in the storm we will have a better opportunity for the adjusters to come out and they use a very scientific process looking at the storms, looking at the actual damage
this happened in katrina. there was some uncertainty about what caused a particular structural damage. in katrina you had all lots of houses and structures completely wiped off. the only thing left was a slab of concrete. and so, it was very difficult to determine whether the damage was caused by the wind associated with katrina or whether it was swept away by the storm surge. there was a lot of controversy about whether the damage was caused by wind or water. that's important. if it's caused...
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forget obama's katrina. this is october surprise named sandy. thankfully, in the last days, many have thoughtfully considered the role of a strong infrastructure and a stronger government. this helped us focus on the very real need for the kind of disaster planning and preparedness that only our government can provide. this morning, president obama said he remains focused as well. >> this continues to be my number one priority. there is nothing more important than us getting this right. we are going to spend as much time, effort, and energy that is necessary to make sure all the people in new york, new jersey, and connecticut know that the entire country is behind them. >> back to my panel, david, in the immediate moments after a disaster, with he feel like, oh, all victims are worthy and we have this rallying around the victim effect. how long does that last? should we expect in this context that some folks are going to be made into villains. >> that is going to happen. there is tremendous anger in staten island. the power is coming back on in
forget obama's katrina. this is october surprise named sandy. thankfully, in the last days, many have thoughtfully considered the role of a strong infrastructure and a stronger government. this helped us focus on the very real need for the kind of disaster planning and preparedness that only our government can provide. this morning, president obama said he remains focused as well. >> this continues to be my number one priority. there is nothing more important than us getting this right....
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it you sad up katrina it was 150 million. it's a big storm and a lot of damage, but less than katrina. >> susie: quickly, mark, because on friday we have the employment numbers coming out. i'd like your take on that. what are you expecting in terms of new job hirings and the unemployment rate? we've created 150,000 jobs a month over the past three years. i expect that's roughly what we'll get. unemployment, as you remember, it dips down unexpectedly to 7.8%, i expect that will notch up a tenth or two. i don't think we go over 8%. >> susie: it could notch up a bilt. good information. mark, always a pleasure talking to you. mark zandi. >> thank you. >> tom: still ahead, from downed powerlines, to flooded out utilities, we talk about powering back up after sandy, with the head of nextera energy. >> susie: hurricane sandy has created an energy shock in the northeast, gas pumps aren't working, supplies are tight, and where there is fuel, there are long lines; reminiscent of the 1970's gas shortage. with two major gasoline refineri
it you sad up katrina it was 150 million. it's a big storm and a lot of damage, but less than katrina. >> susie: quickly, mark, because on friday we have the employment numbers coming out. i'd like your take on that. what are you expecting in terms of new job hirings and the unemployment rate? we've created 150,000 jobs a month over the past three years. i expect that's roughly what we'll get. unemployment, as you remember, it dips down unexpectedly to 7.8%, i expect that will notch up a...
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and to compare it to katrina, katrina lost more lives. we lost too many lives, but not close to katrina. but in other ways it's much more devastating than katrina. right now in new york 305,000 homes are seriously damaged or gone. kirsten showed the pictures of some of them that are just gone by fire because the water systems failed, and the wind -- then the electrical systems got shorted; fire, wind. and the, so 305,000 homes seriously damaged or gone. just in new york up to now, there are going to be more that we'll learn about because the flooding is still there in lots of the basements. these are low-lying houses. there were 214,000 total homes gone in katrina of the same level of damage. businesses, 265,000 -- this is just new york. bob will talk about, and frank talked about new jersey which has similar levels of damage. in katrina 18,000 businesses. because of the density of the population, it is a much greater economic impact on our region, of course, and on the nation. than otherwise. so despite all this pain we can't entirely fa
and to compare it to katrina, katrina lost more lives. we lost too many lives, but not close to katrina. but in other ways it's much more devastating than katrina. right now in new york 305,000 homes are seriously damaged or gone. kirsten showed the pictures of some of them that are just gone by fire because the water systems failed, and the wind -- then the electrical systems got shorted; fire, wind. and the, so 305,000 homes seriously damaged or gone. just in new york up to now, there are...
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we've developed these relationships and how do we avoid the mistakes that were made after hurricane katrina? but what we've also found is that by simply convening these groups, we are preparing ourselves not just for what happens after a disaster, but we are literally building our community today. with this coordinating council, we're figuring out how to fix the potholes, how to deal with the literally million people who are going to descend on our neighborhood this weekend, how to take care of the needs that we have, not just in the future after the big one, but today in 2012. and by bringing us together today, by tackling and talking about the problems we'll deal with tomorrow, we're actually achieving many things here at this moment in october. and, so, i want to ask you to think about how it is that you can help us to build these infrastructures, how you can help us to build community so that we're keeping ourselves safe today, this month, this year, and for many, many years to come. so, with that, again, i want to thank you for being here. and we as a civilian leadership of the city an
we've developed these relationships and how do we avoid the mistakes that were made after hurricane katrina? but what we've also found is that by simply convening these groups, we are preparing ourselves not just for what happens after a disaster, but we are literally building our community today. with this coordinating council, we're figuring out how to fix the potholes, how to deal with the literally million people who are going to descend on our neighborhood this weekend, how to take care of...
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john: one example from hurricane katrina. john shepperd said bought 19 generators drove 600 miles offered to sell them to times what he paid for people were eager to buy them but the police arrested him, confiscated the generator and he was a jail for days. who wins? >> friends like that mississippi does not eed enemies. they take scarce resources from areas of relatively low need to areas of high need. with generators, and nobody got the after he was arrested. john: what about the pork? the poor are cut out. >> but merely passing the law to say you are not allowed to raise prices does not guarantee people get flashlights. price gouging lies prevents people from bringing more flashlights to the market. john: vs. bringing it down to bring more. who raid four price gouging. i call it flexible prices and also how i personally rip you off and got to live in this bea john: let's expand the debate of myths to the election. i am told the president will be chosen by a a small percentage of the undecided voters. who were they? the "hu
john: one example from hurricane katrina. john shepperd said bought 19 generators drove 600 miles offered to sell them to times what he paid for people were eager to buy them but the police arrested him, confiscated the generator and he was a jail for days. who wins? >> friends like that mississippi does not eed enemies. they take scarce resources from areas of relatively low need to areas of high need. with generators, and nobody got the after he was arrested. john: what about the pork?...
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and what we all learn from hurricane katrina is what happens when we don't have a community that is prepared and a set of relationships that is ready to be hit by the big one. which leads me to the third reason why i wake up at night. the neighborhoods that i represent in the northeast not only represent the oldest neighborhoods in our city, but some of the most vulnerable. we have some of the poorest residents. half of my district are recent immigrants who are mono lingual. i have hundreds of constituents who live in buildings that contain them where they live three, four, five people in a room that might be no larger than 10 by 15 feet, in buildings that are absolutely prone to earthquake, fire, and the next major disaster. and, so, i was asked to just mention if i had three things that i want you to tell us as your civilian leaders. the first has to do with how to deal with community shock. two nights ago as a couple of you commented, you may be wondering why i have a bandage on my hand and i look like i got into a fight at a bar. i happened to spend a couple hours in one of our city's fi
and what we all learn from hurricane katrina is what happens when we don't have a community that is prepared and a set of relationships that is ready to be hit by the big one. which leads me to the third reason why i wake up at night. the neighborhoods that i represent in the northeast not only represent the oldest neighborhoods in our city, but some of the most vulnerable. we have some of the poorest residents. half of my district are recent immigrants who are mono lingual. i have hundreds of...
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john: one example from hurricane katrina. john shepperd said bought 19 generators drove 600 miles offered to sell them to times what he paid for people were eager to buy them but the police arrested him, confiscated the generato and he was a jail for days. who wins? >> friends like that mississippi does not eed enemies. they take scarce resources from areas of relatively low need to areas of high need. with generators, and nobody got the after he was arrested. john: what about the pork? the poor are cut out. >> but merely passing th law to say you are not allowed to raise prices does not guarantee people get flashlights. price gouging lies prevents people from bringing more flashlights to the market. john: vs. bringing it down to bring more. who raid four price gouging. i call it flexible prices and also how i personally rip you off and got to live in this bea john: let's expand the debate of myths to the election. i am told the president will be chosen by a a small percentage of the undecided voters. who were they? the "huff
john: one example from hurricane katrina. john shepperd said bought 19 generators drove 600 miles offered to sell them to times what he paid for people were eager to buy them but the police arrested him, confiscated the generato and he was a jail for days. who wins? >> friends like that mississippi does not eed enemies. they take scarce resources from areas of relatively low need to areas of high need. with generators, and nobody got the after he was arrested. john: what about the pork?...
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there have been a lot of comparisons to katrina. and this is something that really does remind me of katrina, emergency officials marking every single house so that other emergency officials who come through can know, are there bodies in here? has it been cleared? the deeper we went on our tour of hell, the more bizarre the scenery became. when the wave came through, they radically reshuffled the deck here. things everybody's worldly possessions way out of play. the boat in the driveway and come over here, take a look at this. we have a jacuzzi in a tree. this is quite extraordinary and reminds me of what one guy we met just a few hours ago said. he asked me a question, he said, who's the boss? and i said, who? and he said, mother nature. but the craziest thing we saw today was donald's house. this is your house right here? >> yeah. yeah, this is my house. it used to be over there. >> reporter: the house, just to put a fine point on this, the house was there -- >> right. >> reporter: and the water pushed it all the way over here. >>
there have been a lot of comparisons to katrina. and this is something that really does remind me of katrina, emergency officials marking every single house so that other emergency officials who come through can know, are there bodies in here? has it been cleared? the deeper we went on our tour of hell, the more bizarre the scenery became. when the wave came through, they radically reshuffled the deck here. things everybody's worldly possessions way out of play. the boat in the driveway and...
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from katrina, more than 1,800 across five different states. but what differences do we see when it comes to the government response? msnbc's melissa harriet is here to sound off on that, melissa ferry and i won't even bring up the name isaac. leave that alone. >> that's right. >> if there are models to compare and contrast how we've seen responses from candy to katrina, there are vast differences. >> yeah. i think what we want to do is, for example, recognize the comparisons you just made in dollars from the size to katrina to the size of sandy, that's one thing. but 98 lives, 1,800 lives, every single life is deep and preci s precious. and now more and more of us who are affected by these sorts of disasters know that the human toll, the cost of it is enormous. so when we talk about disaster response, it's not just sort of dollars and cents. it's whether or not the choice is made by a mobilizing government, by mobilizing private interests can save one life, one life, one life. each of those things matters so much. and what we found in this cas
from katrina, more than 1,800 across five different states. but what differences do we see when it comes to the government response? msnbc's melissa harriet is here to sound off on that, melissa ferry and i won't even bring up the name isaac. leave that alone. >> that's right. >> if there are models to compare and contrast how we've seen responses from candy to katrina, there are vast differences. >> yeah. i think what we want to do is, for example, recognize the comparisons...
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i am not comparing it to the magnitude of katrina, but i am comparing it to katrina with the insular arrogance and indifference and seizing on a notion that a promise or step in front of a microphone saying you are doing something or making a speech, promising you will do something is doing something. don't thee
i am not comparing it to the magnitude of katrina, but i am comparing it to katrina with the insular arrogance and indifference and seizing on a notion that a promise or step in front of a microphone saying you are doing something or making a speech, promising you will do something is doing something. don't thee
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rebuilding together has had about 18,000 volunteers since hurricane katrina. the gentleman who runs the organization, we were driving through the city and he pointed out the houses and said that every one of these houses has been touched by volunteers. >> host: after new orleans, what was your next trip? >> guest: my wife and i taught english at an elementary school in cosa -- costa rica. it was a rather intense learning curve. it was first-graders through sixth graders. they had a different range of needs. it was a little tricky. >> host: in your two weeks during your time and costa rica teaching english, what did you accomplish? >> guest: i think it is an intangible thing. the kids did pick up some english when we were there. another volunteer was a teacher and she taught us some tricks. from a practical standpoint, their basic english grew when we were there. but the principle also told me that he has very limited resources. he can have volunteers teach english and then have the limited resources be invested in computers or something else. it's a win-win. >
rebuilding together has had about 18,000 volunteers since hurricane katrina. the gentleman who runs the organization, we were driving through the city and he pointed out the houses and said that every one of these houses has been touched by volunteers. >> host: after new orleans, what was your next trip? >> guest: my wife and i taught english at an elementary school in cosa -- costa rica. it was a rather intense learning curve. it was first-graders through sixth graders. they had a...
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we will show you how the victims of katrina traveled to new york to pay it forward from those suffering from sandy. details coming up on this monday november 12th and happy veteran's day we are observing it today good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. we will give outdetails about what's going on in downtown baltimore but if you headed that way you need to know how the weather will be. let's go over to meteorologist lynette charles. >> the parade is going to be good. the weather is going to be fine. and we are going to be mild as we go throughout the day. that's some good news this morning. we can see on maryland's most powerful radar not a whole lot to see. we are scanning the skies and dry but we have some showers and wet weather working its way in here later this evening and into tomorrow morning. right now, temperatures coming in at 46 degrees in hickory. 48 in ijamsville and you do need the coat as you step out. wind are on the light side and they will pick up as we go throughout the day out of the south at about 5 to 15 miles an hour. and also, we are looking at
we will show you how the victims of katrina traveled to new york to pay it forward from those suffering from sandy. details coming up on this monday november 12th and happy veteran's day we are observing it today good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. we will give outdetails about what's going on in downtown baltimore but if you headed that way you need to know how the weather will be. let's go over to meteorologist lynette charles. >> the parade is going to be...
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katrina cost roughly $100 billion. the u.s. army corps of engineers spent i think on the order of $15 billion after the storm to fix the problem. it would have taken maybe $8 billion to $10 billion or something like that to fix it before the problem. so, for every $1 that you spend ahead of disaster protecting against disaster has been on average nationwide shown to save you $4 of not-incurred losses. >> right. >> in new orleans it would be a 10-1 benefit cost. >> i should also say there are some people and harry chscherre is one of them and say it's still not fixed. >> and you have to think about it because we should not fall into the trap what we are in new orleans. so, there's the discussion about barriers. i think all options are right now on the table. what we have to do is spending money so engineers, not levees, but engineers can go through the options and price them out and then see for how long that is good. >> i just want to intervene, again, on the political issue here which is that the republican party has been agai
katrina cost roughly $100 billion. the u.s. army corps of engineers spent i think on the order of $15 billion after the storm to fix the problem. it would have taken maybe $8 billion to $10 billion or something like that to fix it before the problem. so, for every $1 that you spend ahead of disaster protecting against disaster has been on average nationwide shown to save you $4 of not-incurred losses. >> right. >> in new orleans it would be a 10-1 benefit cost. >> i should...
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presidential visits, americas cup here, most recently helping with the city and the coast guard and even katrina and the gulf war spill most recently. closer to home the golden gate bridge connects not only our park lands but our communities. since 9/11 it really has connected our law enforcement public safety officials even more seriously and with greater intent as we protect the bridge from any threat. americas cup, the races here have fostered even greater coordination and partnership with the department of emergency management in the city, city fire department, city police department and the coast guard. and we look forward to working with san francisco and our local governments and the military to make our emergency planning even more effective. so, thank you again for your time and we'll see you out in the park. (applause) >> thank you. i learned a lot on that talk i didn't know. that was great. it's now my pleasure to introduce our speaker, keynote speaker for this morning. but before i do that, i want to recognize his wife. it is an honor for many women who are married to significant dig
presidential visits, americas cup here, most recently helping with the city and the coast guard and even katrina and the gulf war spill most recently. closer to home the golden gate bridge connects not only our park lands but our communities. since 9/11 it really has connected our law enforcement public safety officials even more seriously and with greater intent as we protect the bridge from any threat. americas cup, the races here have fostered even greater coordination and partnership with...
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of to the rooftops to power generators so that we could have cell sites working. >> let's go back to katrina in 2005. what investment have wireless companies done to improve the reliability? >> in every instance possible, putting in backup power. we put towers in on church steeples, on the side of buildings in major metropolitan areas. in closets within buildings. it becomes difficult in certain areas to have backup power. the carriers try to put in batteries were the cannot put in generators. where they can put in generators, the put in as much fuel as allowed. when you are working with building codes or resigning -- zoning restrictions or environmental laws and limitations, you have to work within those confines. the carrier's learned something with every natural disaster, every storm the face. they learn, what is the right for to put equipment on the tax touch fuel do you need? -- -- right floor to put equipment on, how much fuel do you need? they learn how to coordinate with first responders in advance. we meet with the mat and the department of homeland security and fcc -- fema and the
of to the rooftops to power generators so that we could have cell sites working. >> let's go back to katrina in 2005. what investment have wireless companies done to improve the reliability? >> in every instance possible, putting in backup power. we put towers in on church steeples, on the side of buildings in major metropolitan areas. in closets within buildings. it becomes difficult in certain areas to have backup power. the carriers try to put in batteries were the cannot put in...
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i saw this firsthand, i went down to help out with katrina thing in september. it's weird. because you are dealing with people that lost everything and it's kind of hard to imagine that if you haven't done it yourself. basically, you know, she's looking at her curtains here, she probably hand-stitched those things. maybe they have been hanging there the last 5 or 6 years. everything in the house is wrecked, photos, keepsakes, it's a tough thing. and people deal with this kind of stress in different ways. we as disaster workers, we see it all the time. but we have a word we use, professional. we try to be professional around people that have suffered a loss like this because they don't want us to come -- you don't want to go into somebody's house and be joking and having a good time. it's unprofessional. when you are dealing with somebody who has a loss like this, just think of the word professional. that's what we try to do. this sort of body language here, she's trying to comfort here, do you think she's buying it? not with that body language. she's not really buying it. s
i saw this firsthand, i went down to help out with katrina thing in september. it's weird. because you are dealing with people that lost everything and it's kind of hard to imagine that if you haven't done it yourself. basically, you know, she's looking at her curtains here, she probably hand-stitched those things. maybe they have been hanging there the last 5 or 6 years. everything in the house is wrecked, photos, keepsakes, it's a tough thing. and people deal with this kind of stress in...